Genesis 11
1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
Wakati huo dunia yote ilikuwa na lugha moja na msemo mmoja.
2 As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
Watu walipoelekea upande wa mashariki, wakafika kwenye tambarare katika nchi ya Shinari nao wakaishi huko.
3 They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
Wakasemezana wao kwa wao, “Njooni, tufyatue matofali na tuyachome vizuri kwa moto.” Walitumia matofali badala ya mawe, na lami kwa ajili ya kushikamanishia hayo matofali.
4 They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
Ndipo wakasema, “Njooni, tujijengee mji wenye mnara ambao utafika hadi mbinguni, ili tujipatie jina tusije tukatawanyika usoni pa dunia yote.”
5 Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
Lakini Bwana akashuka ili auone mji na mnara ambao wanadamu waliokuwa wanaujenga.
6 Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
Bwana akasema, “Ikiwa kama taifa moja wanaozungumza lugha moja wameanza kufanya hili, basi hakuna lolote watakalopanga kufanya ambalo halitawezekana kwao.
7 Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
Njooni, tushuke tuvuruge lugha yao ili wasielewane wao kwa wao.”
8 So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
Hivyo Bwana akawatawanya kutoka mahali pale kwenda katika dunia yote, nao wakaacha kuujenga huo mji.
9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
Ndiyo maana pakaitwa Babeli, kwa sababu hapo ndipo Bwana alipoivuruga lugha ya dunia nzima. Kutoka hapo Bwana akawatawanya katika uso wa dunia yote.
10 This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
Hivi ndivyo vizazi vya Shemu. Miaka miwili baada ya gharika, Shemu alipokuwa na miaka 100, akamzaa Arfaksadi.
11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Baada ya kumzaa Arfaksadi, Shemu aliishi miaka 500, akazaa watoto wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
12 Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.
Wakati Arfaksadi alipokuwa na miaka thelathini na mitano, akamzaa Shela.
13 Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Baada ya Arfaksadi kumzaa Shela, aliishi miaka 403, akazaa watoto wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
14 Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.
Shela alipokuwa na miaka thelathini, akamzaa Eberi.
15 Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Shela baada ya kumzaa Eberi, aliishi miaka 403, akazaa watoto wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
16 Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
Eberi alipokuwa na miaka thelathini na minne, akamzaa Pelegi.
17 Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Baada ya Eberi kumzaa Pelegi, aliishi miaka 430, akazaa watoto wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
18 Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
Pelegi alipokuwa na miaka thelathini, akamzaa Reu.
19 Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Baada ya Pelegi kumzaa Reu, aliishi miaka 209, akazaa watoto wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
20 Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
Reu alipokuwa na miaka thelathini na miwili, akamzaa Serugi.
21 Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Baada ya Reu kumzaa Serugi, aliishi miaka 207, akazaa watoto wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
22 Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
Serugi alipokuwa na miaka thelathini, akamzaa Nahori.
23 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Baada ya Serugi kumzaa Nahori, aliishi miaka 200, akazaa watoto wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
Nahori alipokuwa na miaka ishirini na tisa, akamzaa Tera.
25 Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Baada ya Nahori kumzaa Tera, aliishi miaka 119, akazaa watoto wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
26 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Tera alipokuwa na miaka sabini, akamzaa Abramu, Nahori na Harani.
27 Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
Hawa ndio wazao wa Tera. Tera aliwazaa Abramu, Nahori na Harani. Harani akamzaa Loti.
28 Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.
Tera alipokuwa bado hai, Harani akafa huko Uru ya Wakaldayo, nchi alimozaliwa.
29 Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah.
Abramu na Nahori walioa. Mke wa Abramu aliitwa Sarai, na mke wa Nahori aliitwa Milka; Milka na Iska walikuwa watoto wa Harani.
30 Sarai was barren. She had no child.
Sarai alikuwa tasa, hakuwa na watoto.
31 Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
Tera akamchukua Abramu mwanawe, Loti mwana wa Harani mwanawe, na Sarai mkwewe, mke wa Abramu mwanawe, wakatoka kwa pamoja katika Uru ya Wakaldayo kwenda nchi ya Kanaani. Lakini walipofika Harani, wakaishi huko.
32 The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.
Tera alikufa huko Harani akiwa na miaka 205.
